Backing Up and Restoring the
Database

Backup
Database

Select theBackup Databasemenu item from theFilemenu to
backup the database. Alternatively, you can pressCtrl +
B.

When
you select this option, you are prompted with a standard dialogue
box to select where you want to place the backup copy. You
must also specify the name of the backup file. It is
acceptable to overwrite previously backed up files, but you can
never overwrite thePublic
Talks.MDB / Public Talks.ACCDBwhich is always in use by the program
itself.

Depending upon the file size
and where it is being backed up to, a progress dialogue will appear
which has a cancel button. You can press this cancel button
to abort the backup procedure.

If the backup is successful, an
entry (database path and encrypted password) is added to a special
log file. This log file is used whenever you want to restore
a previously backed up database.

Restore Database

Select the Restore Databasemenu item from theFilemenu to
restore a previously backed up database. Alternatively,
you can pressCtrl +
R.

When you select this option,
you are presented with the restore dialogue (see above).

The backup history presented is
sorted in date order. If you backed up the database to the
same backup name on more than one occasion (eg: you backed up the
database twice to C:\Backup1.MDB) then only the latest date is
displayed.

Select the file you want to restore and click
theRestorebutton. The program will verify the location of
the file to restore. Next, you are asked to
confirm that you want to proceed (since the
operation can't be reversed). Finally, it proceeds to restore the
file (using the encrypted password, if any, associated with the
database). Depending upon the file size and where it is being
restored from, a progress dialogue will appear which has a cancel
button. You can press this cancel button to abort
the restore procedure.

If you do cancel the restore,
or a problem is encountered, the original database is left
unchanged.

If
the database file you want to restore is not shown in the history
log for whatever reason, click theBrowsebutton. You can then navigate to where the file
is you want to restore and select it. Note that you can't use the
Browse button to restore password protected databases.

You can restore an MDB or
ACCDB database. Please keep in mind that you
should only use an ACCDB database if you have Microsoft
Access 2010 or the Microsoft Access 2010 Runtime installed. If you
try to restore an ACCDB database without having these required
support files you will see this error: